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Cuba’s ruler, Raúl Castro (front left), and the country’s handpicked president, Miguel Díaz-Canel (front right), during a tribute ceremony for 32 Cuban security officers who were protecting Venezuelan…
Read more For decades many have predicted the downfall of Cuba’s regime. Is this time different?Canada, under Pierre Trudeau in the early 1970s, was among the first Western nations to recognize the communist government in China, nearly a decade ahead of the United…
Read more Canada and China: A half-century journey from Pierre Trudeau to Mark CarneyRev. Martin Luther King Jr. relaxes at home in May 1956 in Montgomery, Alabama. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Howard Manly, The Conversation Left out of GOP debates about…
Read more ‘The Most Dangerous Negro’: 3 Essential Reads on the FBI’s Assessment of MLK’s Radical Views and AlliesSANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — As Franco Parisi tells it, he has suddenly become the most sought-after man in Chile. A populist economist who placed third in Chile’s presidential…
Read more Chile’s Power Broker Says He Won’t Endorse Communist or Far-Right Rival for PresidentKyiv, Ukraine If politics makes strange bedfellows, war sometimes makes strange career paths. In her 20s, Iryna Terekh was a “very artsy” architect who viewed the arms industry…
Read more Opinion | The Brains Behind Ukraine’s Pink Flamingo Cruise MissileZion Church moved many of its services online. Beijing still arrested its pastor. Mindy Belz Source link
Read more Opinion | Xi Is Watching as Chinese Christians PrayBEIJING (AP) — China’s ruling Communist Party said Thursday it would focus on speeding up self-reliance in science and technology in the face of “profound and complex” changes…
Read more China to Focus on Speeding up Self-Reliance in Science and Tech in New Economic PlanBEIJING — BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping delivered a speech Monday on the opening day of a major meeting of the ruling Communist Party to approve…
Read more Chinese leader Xi Jinping outlines 5-year plan at closed-door Communist Party meetingBEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping delivered a speech Monday on the opening day of a major meeting of the ruling Communist Party to approve a draft…
Read more Chinese Leader Xi Jinping Outlines 5-Year Plan at Closed-Door Communist Party MeetingHONG KONG (AP) — One of China’s most important meetings begins Monday, as leader Xi Jinping and other ruling Communist Party elites gather in Beijing to map out…
Read more China’s ruling Communist Party meets to map out plans for the next 5 yearsWASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department said Wednesday that it has fired a U.S. diplomat over a romantic relationship he admitted having with a Chinese woman…
Read more US diplomat fired over relationship with woman tied to Chinese Communist PartyThis is part of Reason‘s 2025 summer travel issue. Click here to read the rest of the issue. The people of Georgia might well be the first folks who ever got properly wine-drunk.…
Read more Georgia: The possible birthplace of wine and definite birthplace of StalinNEW YORK — Three days before his communist government turns 75, China’s foreign minister warned fellow leaders Saturday against an “expansion of the battlefield” in Russia’s war with…
Read more China, at UN, warns against ‘expansion of the battlefield’ in the Ukraine warBERLIN (AP) — Germany’s president on Thursday inaugurated the rebuilt tower of a church that became associated with the Nazis’ takeover of power and whose remains were demolished…
Read more German president inaugurates the rebuilt tower of a church with Nazi-era historical baggageBEIJING — A top White House official is traveling to China for talks on a relationship that has been severely tested during U.S. President Joe Biden’s term in…
Read more US national security adviser Jake Sullivan visits Beijing in a bid to manage strained relationsFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Wednesday signed a bill requiring public K-12 schools to teach what he called “the truth about the evils of communism,” claiming it’s…
Read more Florida Schools Must Teach ‘Evils Of Communism,’ DeSantis OrdersCNN — Here’s a look at the Vietnam War. 1883-1945 – Cochin-China, southern Vietnam, and Annam and Tonkin, central and northern Vietnam, along with Cambodia and Laos make…
Read more Vietnam War Fast Facts | CNNWASHINGTON — If some U.S. lawmakers have their way, the United States and China could end up with something in common: TikTok might not be available in either…
Read more How Chinese is TikTok? US lawmakers see it as China’s tool, even as it distances itself from BeijingWASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday passed a bill that would lead to a nationwide ban of the popular video app TikTok if its China-based owner doesn’t sell…
Read more House passes a bill that could lead to a TikTok ban if Chinese owner refuses to sellBEIJING — China’s national legislature wrapped up its annual session Monday with the usual show of near-unanimous support for plans designed to carry out ruling Communist Party leader…
Read more China’s congress ends with a show of unity behind Xi’s vision for national greatness
